rickrack

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Another trim making a comeback is rickrack, featuring squiggle design that adds a playful touch.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

You can spot women walking around with bags of rickrack trim and feathers, which are eventually meant to be applied to a hat.

From Salon • May 7, 2022

Sui outsized her trims in giant rickrack and jewel-toned ostrich feathers, all styled with the punky wigs adorned with little bows on top.

From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2019

Time and budgets ruled out making the costumes from scratch, so Siple shopped at vintage stores and then gave the garments exuberant makeovers, going heavy on the ruffles, rickrack and trim.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2016

Suddenly the blind old woman in her rickrack dressing gown and with her thin gray hair plaited into a rat’s tail stepped forward and pushed Vellya Paapen with all her strength.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy